"Just one Premier League match will be played on Sunday due to fixture congestion caused by Crystal Palace's run in cup competitions. Eight games will now take place on Saturday, with one scheduled for Sunday and another for Monday. The final round of league phase fixtures took place on Thursday, with Palace drawing 2-2 against Finnish side KuPS."
"Player welfare is a priority for the Premier League, and we have therefore granted requests from Arsenal and Crystal Palace to move their respective fixtures. This comes after the scheduling of matches from other competitions around Premier League fixtures without adequate player recovery time. This is also further evidence of the impact the expanded Uefa competitions have on the domestic fixture calendar,"
Fixture congestion caused by Crystal Palace's run in cup competitions has led to the Premier League scheduling eight matches on Saturday, one on Sunday and one on Monday. Palace drew 2-2 with KuPS in the final round of league phase fixtures, and a request from their manager to play the European tie a day earlier was rejected by Uefa on integrity grounds. Palace's EFL Cup quarter-final against Arsenal was postponed to Tuesday 23 December. Everton v Arsenal and Leeds v Crystal Palace were moved from Sunday to Saturday at 20:00 GMT following requests from the London clubs, with the Premier League citing player welfare and the impact of expanded Uefa competitions on the domestic calendar.
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